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St33lsinger · 06-22-2011, 06:33 PM

2SSRS What did you cover the LED's with??

Here's what I'm thinking. Here in florida it is required to have a reflector on your vehicle. Do you think its possible to just do the LED area with clear pleiglass and the rest with reflector?

2SSRS@Gen5diy · 06-22-2011, 08:21 PM

I used the stock side markers so it has the reflector in it, i had some tint so it has that too.

Lacpac · 07-24-2013, 09:32 AM

Pretty amazing piece of work. I think the LED lighting all the way across the lens looks great. As a cheap alternative that's not nearly as cool, is there any reason why you can't install an LED 194 style LED into the traditional bulb hole? I've used some 5smd LED's in my dome and licence plate areas and really like the results.
If you could do this for the sidemarkers would they be plain old 194 LED's or would they have to have the CAN BUS resistors? From what I've read the Camaro doesn't need CAN BUS LED's. Any thoughts? Thanks.

Steven13 · 08-12-2013, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by 2SSRS@Gen5diy

It is kind of bizy looking but i will post one up here.

Blue17CamaroZL1 · 08-21-2013, 01:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lacpac

Pretty amazing piece of work. I think the LED lighting all the way across the lens looks great. As a cheap alternative that's not nearly as cool, is there any reason why you can't install an LED 194 style LED into the traditional bulb hole? I've used some 5smd LED's in my dome and licence plate areas and really like the results.
If you could do this for the sidemarkers would they be plain old 194 LED's or would they have to have the CAN BUS resistors? From what I've read the Camaro doesn't need CAN BUS LED's. Any thoughts? Thanks.

I can let you know the answer to this question in a day or two. Not taking away from this type of DIY but I found a set of clear/chrome sidemarkers, masked and painted them to look similar to the Oracle sidemarkers but instead of using the full array of LEDs, just a simple 5 SMD 194 bulb:

06-22-2011, 06:33 PM	#29
St33lsinger Emerald Coast Camaros Drives: 2010 1 RS/SS Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 1,095 View My Garage	2SSRS What did you cover the LED's with?? Here's what I'm thinking. Here in florida it is required to have a reflector on your vehicle. Do you think its possible to just do the LED area with clear pleiglass and the rest with reflector? __________________ Had: 69' RS, 78' Z28, 98' SS Have: 2010 1RS/SS

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06-22-2011, 08:21 PM	#30
2SSRS@Gen5diy Drives: 2014 Z/28 #82+#192, 18ZLE 66Nova Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: By the lake in AZ Posts: 15,728 View My Garage	I used the stock side markers so it has the reflector in it, i had some tint so it has that too.

07-24-2013, 09:32 AM	#31
Lacpac Drives: 2012 Crystal Red Tintcoat RS Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 491 View My Garage	Pretty amazing piece of work. I think the LED lighting all the way across the lens looks great. As a cheap alternative that's not nearly as cool, is there any reason why you can't install an LED 194 style LED into the traditional bulb hole? I've used some 5smd LED's in my dome and licence plate areas and really like the results. If you could do this for the sidemarkers would they be plain old 194 LED's or would they have to have the CAN BUS resistors? From what I've read the Camaro doesn't need CAN BUS LED's. Any thoughts? Thanks.